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Diane
@dianefurst.bsky.social
Interests include democracy, nature, science, Bay Area, and travel. Former small-town mayor. Please no complaints about potholes.
Gift article:
Opinion | Has Marjorie Taylor Greene Really Seen the Light?
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
His upbringing in Norman Vincent Peale’s “Power of Positive Thinking” ministry combined with his tendency to surround himself with sycophants leads him to believe in the veracity and power of his every whim.
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Keg tubs
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Leftovers rule: first 24 hours, priority goes to the chef, or evenly split if it was takeout. After 24hours: fair game.
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Time article also mentions two Maxwell sons: Ian and Kevin. Interesting that we don’t hear anything about them. Nor three other daughters besides Ghislaine: Christine, Isabel, and Anne.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The 1988 Time magazine profile by Martha Smilgis references Maxwell’s weight: “there is nothing modest about the man at the round table… [Maxwell] is a boulder of a man: easily 250 lbs., and 6 ft. 2 in. tall.”

content.time.com/time/subscri...
Larger Than Life: ROBERT MAXWELL
Britain's billionaire publishing baron ROBERT MAXWELL is known for his acquisitiveness as well as his considerable size, and now he has added the U.S. to his hit list
content.time.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The only acceptable passive term to describe “what happened“ to Lauer and Weinstein is “accountability.” But maybe the author isn’t familiar with that concept??
November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Trump seems to be conflating
- trade deficit (exports-imports)
- budget deficit (revenue-spending)
- debt (total owed)

Is he really that dumb, or is he trying to fool gullible Americans?
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reposted by Diane
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Thank you, Congressman Thompson, for taking the correct, moral stand on marriage equality and speaking out against this discriminatory legal action in front of the Supreme Court.
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The GOP has shifted so far right that what constitutes “the center” is much more conservative than it used to be and is less representative of the core Dem base.
youtu.be/x_Q9ynm2Rfg?...
Politics are Polarized, But Not for the Reason You Think | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM